We have developed a hybrid computing system named HMCS-G (Grid-enabled Heterogeneous Multi-Computer System) which combines multiple cluster systems and a special purpose machine for gravity calculations. The purpose o...
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We have developed a hybrid computing system named HMCS-G (Grid-enabled Heterogeneous Multi-Computer System) which combines multiple cluster systems and a special purpose machine for gravity calculations. The purpose of HMCS-G is to provide ideal computation environment for computational astrophysics, which requires multiple physics phenomena for precise and detailed simulation. There are two categories of machines required for this system, that is, multiple PC-clusters for general purpose computation such as hydro-dynamics and a special purpose machine GRAPE-6 which calculates gravity for all pairs of particles in the system with very high-speed. These systems are connected with a grid-RPC named OmniRPC which supports Globus and ssh for authentication. Our HMCS-G enables the worldwide access to GRAPE-6 cluster which provides several TFLOPS performance for gravity calculation. All participating PC-clusters share this resource in time sharing manner with grid technology. For efficient usage of GRAPE-6 resource, we modified the original server cluster of it for multiple clients running in various network environment. Currently, precise simulations on galaxy formation are being performed on clusters in several institutes with smoothed particle hydrodynamics and radiative transfer under complete gravity calculation, as the first real application on HMCS-G.
We demonstrate the facile fabrication of crack-free nanostructured crystalline titania into microsystems. Titania layers were formed by reacting Ti thin films, deposited by evaporation and sputtering, with aqueous H2O...
We demonstrate the facile fabrication of crack-free nanostructured crystalline titania into microsystems. Titania layers were formed by reacting Ti thin films, deposited by evaporation and sputtering, with aqueous H2O2. Cracks were observed in titania layers formed on blanket Ti films but absent on arrays of patterned Ti pads below a threshold dimension. Nanostructured titania formed from sputtered and evaporated Ti films consists of aligned fibrous and sponge-like nanoporous morphologies, respectively. Rat fibroblasts L-cells cultured on these titania fibers remain viable up to 3 days. These observations demonstrate the feasibility of this technique to integrate nanostructured titania into Nano|Micro-Electromechanical systems (N|MEMS) devices.
We have performed a detailed study of the magnetic and structural properties of the compound Nd5(Si0.6Ge0.4)4 by means of neutron powder diffraction, magnetization, linear thermal expansion, and magnetostriction exper...
We have performed a detailed study of the magnetic and structural properties of the compound Nd5(Si0.6Ge0.4)4 by means of neutron powder diffraction, magnetization, linear thermal expansion, and magnetostriction experiments. A coupled magnetic and crystallographic first-order transformation from a room-temperature monoclinic Gd5Si2Ge2-type paramagnetic state to a low-temperature orthorhombic Gd5Si4-type ferromagnetic structure takes place on cooling at ∼68K. This magnetostructural transition shifts towards higher temperatures by the application of an external magnetic field at a rate of 0.11(1)K∕kOe, which is lower than the ∼0.6to∼0.3K∕kOe observed in the Gd5(SixGe1−x)4 and Tb5(SixGe1−x)4 compounds. The magnetostructural transformation cannot be completed in the isothermal regime by a 120kOe magnetic field. It is suggested that the single-ion anisotropy of the Nd ions hinders the completion of the field-induced transformation. The existence of a simultaneous magnetic and crystallographic transformation in this alloy, which is in sharp contrast with other previously studied Nd5(SixGe1−x)4 alloys, is discussed in terms of the role of interstitial impurities in triggering and coupling/decoupling the crystallographic transition.
Numerical simulations have been performed to investigate the possibility of passive decay heat removal in a fluidized bed nuclear reactor. The conduction, convection and radiative heat transfer were included and the h...
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Numerical simulations have been performed to investigate the possibility of passive decay heat removal in a fluidized bed nuclear reactor. The conduction, convection and radiative heat transfer were included and the high Reynolds number k-Ε turbulence model was applied for the flow calculations. A P 1 approximation method for participating media was used for the radiation model. The reactor was modeled as a 2D axisymmetric cylinder. Calculations were performed for different initial total operating power to see whether the associated decay heat can be removed by passive means without compromising the safety margin. The results show the decay heat can be removed by passive means up to operating powers of about 55 MW. Further the results showed that all heat transfer mechanisms are of importance to remove heat from the bed of fuel particles to the reflector.
Temperature and magnetic field dependencies of the magnetization of single crystal Gd5Ge4 indicate antiferromagnetic coupling along the c direction below 130 K. Both a reversible spin-flop transition when a magnetic f...
Temperature and magnetic field dependencies of the magnetization of single crystal Gd5Ge4 indicate antiferromagnetic coupling along the c direction below 130 K. Both a reversible spin-flop transition when a magnetic field of ∼8.4kOe is applied along the c direction, and irreversible metamagneticlike transitions when a 20 kOe or greater magnetic field is applied at 4.3 K along any of the three crystallographic axes are observed. Although Gd3+ ions have negligible single ion anisotropy, the metamagnetic transitions and magnetization of Gd5Ge4 in the ferromagnetic state depend on the crystallographic direction reflecting the anisotropy of the exchange interactions due to the distinctly layered Sm5Ge4-type crystal structure.
The room temperature crystal structures of Er5SixGe4−x alloys change systematically with the concentration of Ge from the orthorhombic Gd5Si4-type when x=4, to the monoclinic Gd5Si2Ge2 type when 3.5⩽x⩽3.9 and to the o...
The room temperature crystal structures of Er5SixGe4−x alloys change systematically with the concentration of Ge from the orthorhombic Gd5Si4-type when x=4, to the monoclinic Gd5Si2Ge2 type when 3.5⩽x⩽3.9 and to the orthorhombic Sm5Ge4 type for x⩽3. The Curie-Weiss behavior of Er5SixGe4−x materials is consistent with the Er3+ state. The compounds order magnetically below 30K, apparently adopting complex noncollinear magnetic structures with magnetization not reaching saturation in 50kOe magnetic fields. In Er5Si4, the structural-only transformation from the monoclinic Gd5Si2Ge2-type to the orthorhombic Gd5Si4-type phase occurs around 218K on heating. Intriguingly, the temperature of this polymorphic transformation is weakly dependent on magnetic fields as low as 40kOe (dT∕dH=−0.058K∕kOe) when the material is in the paramagnetic state nearly 200K above its spontaneous magnetic ordering temperature. It appears that a magnetostructural transition may be induced in the 5:4 erbium silicide at ∼18K and above by 75kOe and higher magnetic fields. Only Er5Si4 but none of the other studied Er5SixGe4−x alloys exhibit magnetic field induced transformations, which are quite common in the closely related Gd5SixGe4−x system. The magnetocaloric effects of the Er5SixGe4−x alloys are moderate.
Nanomorphing with ultrafast lasers may have a significant role in direct write stamp production. Surface conditions play a critical role in the ablative properties of materials. We have conducted femtosecond laser (pu...
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This work focuses on the creation of high resolution micro-bathymetric maps using a high frequency pencil beam sonar. These maps typically cover areas of 10's to 100's of square meters. Data is collected using...
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This work focuses on the creation of high resolution micro-bathymetric maps using a high frequency pencil beam sonar. These maps typically cover areas of 10's to 100's of square meters. Data is collected using a sonar mounted to an underwater vehicle that can be positioned at discrete locations on the sea floor or flown in a survey pattern above the bottom. Specifically, we are focused on improving the accuracy of these terrain maps by merging sonar pings taken from multiple vantage points over the same location. This requires the adaption of data registration techniques to handle errors related to the sonar sensor. The registration can also be modified to incorporate the navigation data available from an instrumented underwater vehicle. A two axis scanning sonar was used to gather data in the form of densely sampled range images. The data registration works on the 3D projection of these range images in a scan-matching manner. Through this process regions occluded in a single scan are filled with data available from other scans and individual pings which show a poor return are removed. Refined estimates of the scan vantage points are also generated during the registration. The initial estimates of these locations are provided by navigation data. The practical application of this work complements photographic mapping when visibility is limited. It also provides additional measurements which can be used to improve vehicle navigation.
This work describes a framework for sensor fusion of navigation data with camera-based 5 DOF relative pose measurements for 6 DOF vehicle motion in an unstructured 3D underwater environment. The fundamental goal of th...
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This work describes a framework for sensor fusion of navigation data with camera-based 5 DOF relative pose measurements for 6 DOF vehicle motion in an unstructured 3D underwater environment. The fundamental goal of this work is to concurrently estimate online current vehicle position and its past trajectory. This goal is framed within the context of improving mobile robot navigation to support sub-sea science and exploration. Vehicle trajectory is represented by a history of poses in an augmented state Kalman filter. Camera spatial constraints from overlapping imagery provide partial observation of these poses and are used to enforce consistency and provide a mechanism for loop-closure. The multi-sensor camera + navigation framework is shown to have compelling advantages over a camera-only based approach by: 1) improving the robustness of pairwise image registration, 2) setting the free gauge scale, and 3) allowing for a unconnected camera graph topology. Results are shown for a real world data set collected by an autonomous underwater vehicle in an unstructured undersea environment.
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